San Diego Mayoral Candidates Fighting to Appeal to Undecided Voters
Republican City Councilman Carl DeMaio (left) and Democratic Congressman Bob Filner (right) are facing off in the San Diego mayor's race. (Images: DeMaio and Filner campaigns) On a sunny day this fall,...
View ArticleBART Board Election: Construction Companies Going After Director Lynette Sweet
by Zusha Elinson, The Bay Citizen Construction companies are pumping tens of thousands of dollars into the race for the Bay Area Rapid Transit board in an effort to unseat incumbent Director Lynette...
View ArticleCash Influx Makes Oakland School Board Races Competitive
by Lillian Mongeau Mary Prime-Lawrence canvasses East Oakland voters for GO. (Lillian Mongeau/KQED) The role of money in politics is a big issue in many elections this year – including the race for...
View ArticleThe House: Berman on Sherman and More Political Fratricide in California
What's more awkward than two belles sharing the same stage in the same dress? Two political candidates from the same party in a knock-down, drag-out fight to the bitter finish in November! Granted,...
View ArticleLondon Breed Defeats Christina Olague in District 5
San Francisco has released the updated unofficial results from its latest round of ranked-voice voting tabulations, putting supervisorial candidate London Breed at 56 percent of the vote in District 5....
View ArticleWhat’s It Like For a Candidate to Be in a Really, Really Tight Election?
Dan Lungren and Ami Bera are locked in a tighter than tight race. (Photos: Republican Conference and Randy Bayne via Flickr) Democrat Ami Bera is currently up by 184 votes over incumbent Republican Dan...
View ArticleToo Close to Call! List of Still-Undecided Contests Across California
In this 2008 photo, workers sort California mail in ballots. (Justin Sullivan: Getty Images) With estimates that for the first time vote-by-mail will exceed in-person voting in California, county...
View ArticleUPDATE: Races Too Close to Call
Dan Lungren and Ami Bera are locked in a tighter than tight race. (Photos: Republican Conference and Randy Bayne via Flickr) The number of too-close-to-call races is shrinking. Many counties continued...
View ArticleIt’s Over: Bera Beats Lungren
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Republican Rep. Dan Lungren has lost his re-election bid to Democratic challenger Ami Bera in one of California’s most hotly contested congressional contests. Voters from the...
View ArticleFinal Update on Races Too Close to Call
Physician Ami Bera (D) won a hotly contested House seat over incumbent Dan Lungren (R). (Randy Payne/Flickr) The election blog is coming to an end soon <sniff!> so this is the last update I’ll be...
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